Of Trees and Forest

  BY FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR     I have always considered myself as someone with a keen interest...

  BY MANNY VILLAR   Another casualty to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is our formal education system.  The month of...

  BY FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR     One of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown is...

  BY FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR     The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a sobering assessment last week...

  BY FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR     Ironically, the piece of legislation providing for the celebration of National...

  BY FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR     It is the nature of great men and women that, long...

    BY MANNY VILLAR   * Is it possible for something so destructive to produce good? The answer, as...

  THE apparent outbreak of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has resulted in global anxiety and fear. It has negatively...

  A COUPLE of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the school that was the site of my...

  I HAVE always championed entrepreneurship as a key ingredient to national development. The economic history of many progressive countries...

  TAAL Volcano decided to start the new year with a bang. Well, not really a loud bang but a...

  IT’S a new year. I wish all my readers a peaceful and prosperous 2020. For the country, I hope...

  LAST December 12, we were fortunate to have as our guest of honor no less than President Rodrigo Duterte....

  IN a span of one year, from November, 2018 to November, 2019, we lost three titans of industry in...

  THE opening ceremonies of the Southeast Asian Games was a spectacular display of Filipino culture, excellence and unity. Just...

  I FIND it interesting that while Rizal Day remembers the death anniversary of Jose Rizal, Bonifacio Day, which we...